How to hide Nokia Connection Manager from Control Panel ?

[dingdongdingding]

Hi !
I've download Tweak UI to try to hide this. But it does not
work. Can somebody advise me how I can hide this ? Thanks.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Have you tried uninstalling the application or contacting Nokia Support?

 

[dingdongdingding]

I don't want to uninstall it. I want to use the application BUT I
don't want it to show up in Control Panel. I found that Tweak UI can
do something like this BUT it does not work for Nokia Connection
Manager.

 

[Guest]

START | RUN | type regedit & press ENTER

Navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\CONTROL PANEL\DON'T LOAD

in the right pane:

Right-click | NEW | STRING (reg_sz) value & change New String Value to

ConnectionManager.cpl

Close the registry editor & restart

--
SPAMCOP User



I don't want to uninstall it. I want to use the application BUT I
don't want it to show up in Control Panel. I found that Tweak UI can
do something like this BUT it does not work for Nokia Connection
Manager.

 

[dingdongdingding]

I've tried setting the value to "No" and "Yes". Both didn't work.
What value should I set it to be ? Thanks.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

TweakUI can only list the Default contents of Control Panel.

Again, take this up with Nokia Support.

 

[Tim Meddick]

Hi ding,
type (copy and paste) this into the "Run" box on your 'Start
Menu' OR into a 'Command Prompt' (dos-box) window :



reg DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control
Panel\Cpls" /v NokiaConnectionManager /f



(The above command should be all on one line but may not appear so due to
line-wrap. Please ensure that the command begins with 'reg' and ends with
'/f')

....this will delete the registry entry that 'posts' the 'Nokia Connection
Manager' to the 'Control Panel.

Should you later wish to 'reinstate' the 'Nokia Connection Manager' back to
the 'Control Panel' then execute the following command in the same way :




reg ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\Cpls"
/v NokiaConnectionManager /d "C:\Program Files\Nokia\Nokia PC Suite
6\ConnectionManager.cpl" /f



(in the same way as above, this command should be all on one line)

However, in this 'restore' command, please ensure that the 'path' to Nokia's
ConnectionManager.cpl file is correct by typing out the command :


dir "C:\Program Files\Nokia\Nokia PC Suite 6\ConnectionManager.cpl"


....at the 'Command Prompt', to check it. Just amend it if it is not
correct. (BTW a short path name will do just as well)


If you know about the registry, you can also navigate to the key specified
in the command, and create an 'undo' reg-file before deleting the entry
specified in the command.

*Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a
backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.


==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Johnw]

I've download Tweak UI to try to hide this. But it does not
work. Can somebody advise me how I can hide this ? Thanks.

CPL files are also in System32.
Folder Options
To access: Control Panel > Folder Options or My Computer or Windows
Explorer > Tools > Folder Options
Tick > Show hidden files and folders. Also uncheck > Hide protected
operating system files. Click > Apply & OK.

Now an Advanced search will find them.

More info here.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cpicon.htm
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/how-to-remove-duplicate-icons-from-the-control-panel/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms954376.aspx

 

[dingdongdingding]

Tim
It works. Thanks very much for the advice.
Also, thanks everybody for your comments & help. Appreciated.

 

[Tim Meddick]

John,
As you quite rightly say, normally, items in the 'Control Panel' are
really .cpl files in the system32 folder.

However, sometimes CPL files are 'elsewhere' other than the default place
for them, which IS the system32 folder.

In "ding"s example, the 'Nokia Connection Manager' (ConnectionManager.cpl)
is located in his "C:\Program Files\Nokia\Nokia PC Suite 6" folder!

How does it find it's way to the 'Control Panel' ? - By registering the
CPL file in the 'Control Panel' section of the Windows' registry.

If you look in your registry (regedit.exe) and navigate to the key :


"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control
Panel\Cpls"


....you will find a series of entries of .cpl files (with their complete
paths), that are elsewhere on the drive, 'mapped', as it were, to appear in
the 'Control Panel'.

There is also another registry method of doing virtually the same thing,
this involves Class Identities (CLSID) and the key :


"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace"


....but the result is the same; .cpl files that are located in folders other
than in the system32 directory are made to appear in the 'Control Panel'

I hope that you find this information interesting and that it makes the
nature of the 'Control Panel' a little clearer.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.